Cyanoraptor cells attack ambush (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

Cyanoraptor cells attack ambush

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Cyanoraptor lies in wait, then ambushes its cyanobacterial prey - attaching to the cell walls and effectively eating it from the inside out. Cyanoraptor was first identified in biocrusts from the Sonoran Desert.

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Photo courtesy of Julie Bethany Rakes

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